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...former Marine commanding officer -- are circulating newly-released documents from his Iran-Contra criminal prosecution to persuade voters he's a liar. The group, Veterans Against North, took a lengthy list of what prosecutors said were North's false or misleading statements, and matched them with documents andtestimony that rebut North's claims. "My general sense is that if you were an undecided voter, this ought to be a major influence on your thinking," said former Marine Maj. Gen. Fred Haynes, who once commanded North. The North campaign response: "More garbage."Post your opinion on theWashingtonbulletin board...
...insinuation by anyone, however "notorious" or "respectable", that Jews, Blacks, immigrants, gays or any demonized "Other" enjoys "preferences" is irresponsible, reckless demagoguery. Whatever happened to old-fashioned debates? When Malcolm X came to Harvard he debated. Drop the "show-biz" format. Why not real debates? Let two sides argue, rebut, present evidence, and question witnesses. Let the world know that if you come to Harvard mouthing cliches you'll get hammered and demagogues will censor themselves...
...regulation on homosexuals in the military. The Senator from Georgia wanted to nail down exactly what sorts of statements by a soldier would trigger a "rebuttable presumption" that he or she was engaged in gay conduct -- a legal finding that, despite its name, experts say is almost impossible to rebut...
...heard from neo-isolationists across the political spectrum. In essence their argument is that the war in Bosnia is not of direct national concern to the United States. They claim American foreign policy should be solely an extension of American interests. Both moral and realpolitik angles can rebut this argument...
When he was in the Kremlin, he began the effort to transform a dictatorship into a civil society and "a law-based state." The current hearings are intended as a continuation of that process. If Gorbachev were to have his day in court and rebut the hard-liners, it might help the liberal justices block the reactionaries and keep alive his own proudest legacy...